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Offline Woody Knot

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two different limb woods
« on: March 03, 2015, 05:03:19 pm »
Hi all,
just been looking at take down and billet bows on here and, was wondering if anyone has billeted two different woods together,
 and if so what it performed like.
I was just imagining a yew and an elm limb, with the elm having a lot wider limb to balance it with the yew,would be a strange site ;)
 its probably all been done before but nice to hear any experiences ..

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Re: two different limb woods
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2015, 05:15:49 pm »
Will pulled this off last year with osage and yew. Not sure the name of the thread.

Offline Pat B

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Re: two different limb woods
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2015, 05:23:06 pm »
A few guys have done it over the years. As long as you tiller it properly there is no reason for it not working.
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Re: two different limb woods
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2015, 05:26:44 pm »
Thanks for that, will have to try now ...
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Re: two different limb woods
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2015, 10:24:56 pm »
Ryan'O, also, and Pappy, I think?
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Re: two different limb woods
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2015, 06:49:25 am »
Will pulled this off last year with osage and yew. Not sure the name of the thread.

Yeah...that I believe came about from some campfire talk between will n pappy...willy got ahold of me and we talked it over...he spliced osage(bottom limb) and yew(top limb) together n made it assymetrical...he spliced em up and roughed it down to floor tiller....then handed it to me at the classic two years ago and I finished tillered it and put overlays on it. It shot loverly and ya couldn't tell a difference. We made sure to have equall mass in each limb and a dead nuts balanced bow at the fulcrum point. Worked great!!! :)